Lighting

Humanscale’s Nova light, which combines high performance and sustainability with a contemporary, minimal aesthetic, is now available in the UK. Nova is designed to complement any worksurface from a home office to a corporate environment and enhance any work style. It provides the right amount of desk illumination without the need for addition light sources.

Signify has unveiled a suite of new bulbs and smart accessories from smart lighting brand Philips Hue at a special event during IFA, including filament bulbs, smart plugs, smart buttons and more, to help bring connected lighting to all homes.

Oslon Pure 1010 LEDs from Osram Opto Semiconductors are now being stocked by Mouser Electronics. Housed in an extraordinarily small 1mm × 1mm real chip scale package, the LEDs offer a top-emitting surface with a 120-degree viewing angle ideal for high-end retail lighting, customised chip-on-board (CoB) designs, and small luminaire designs with narrow spotlight requirements.

Light can enchant. Lighting design transforms sparse halls into bespoke locations, shops become boutiques. But what can lighting do where everything has already been perfected? Created by an exceptional agreement between the governments of Abu Dhabi and France, Louvre Abu Dhabi was designed by Jean Nouvel and opened on Saadiyat Island in November 2017. The natural sunlight entering through the ornamental ceiling structure alone allows visitors to stroll through the rooms like in a wonder world. 

Casambi has teamed up with Seoul Semiconductor to provide lighting designers with precision control of LED lights that match the spectrum of sunlight. The development puts true human-centric lighting in the hands of designers for the first time. Casambi’s wireless control technology can now be used with Seoul Semiconductor’s innovative SunLike Series LEDs - the first LED light source to closely match the spectrum of sunlight.

When West Kype equestrian farm in Lanarkshire, Scotland needed to replace its existing floodlights due to an overheating issue, Megaman’s Ensio integrated LED floodlights were the solution. The manufacturer provided an energy efficient fixture with a lower heat output than the previous lighting solution and an asymmetric light distribution design which reduces shadows that can often spook horses.

Tridonic and Casambi have teamed up to develop a new innovative wireless light management solution. Tridonic’s basicDIM Wireless system based on Casambi’s Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology offers an interconnected and interoperable solution for the hassle-free wireless connectivity of luminaires.

  Signify is using solar lighting to enhance the safety of visitors to the Infanta Elena Park in Seville, Spain. During the pilot project, 20 Philips SunStay solar street lights will be installed in the park, underscoring both Seville’s and Signify’s commitment to sustainability.

Evolution is a major firmware upgrade from Casambi for its wireless lighting controls based on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). Delivered over-the-air and free of charge, Evolution delivers enhanced performance with higher levels of security, and advanced feature capabilities that future-proof pre-installed Casambi Ready devices operating across existing networks.

Goodlight has announced that Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm, an award-winning, family-owned Zoo and education centre, set on a working farm in the beautiful countryside of North Somerset, has completed another phase in its programme to upgrade its inefficient T8 fluorescent and halogen light fittings to long-life, energy-efficient Goodlight LED lighting.